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![]() Viv Richards Isaac Vivian Alexander RichardsBorn: 7 March 1952, St John's, AntiguaMajor Teams: Leeward Islands, Combined Islands, Somerset, Queensland, Glamorgan, West Indies. Known As: Viv Richards Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium Test Debut: West Indies v India at Bangalore, 1st Test, 1974/75 Last Test: West Indies v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1991 ODI Debut: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Manchester, World Cup, 1975 Last ODI: West Indies v England at Lord's, Texaco Trophy, 1991 First Class Debut: Leeward Islands v Windward Islands at Roseau, Dominica, 1971/72 Last First Class Match: Glamorgan v Derbyshire at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens), 1992 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1977 Selected as one of five Wisden cricketers of the century, 2000 Career Statistics:TESTS (career) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 121 182 12 8540 291 50.23 24 45 122 0 Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 5170 203 1964 32 61.37 2-17 0 0 161.5 2.27 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (career) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 90.20 11 45 100 0 Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 5644 26 4228 118 35.83 6-41 1 2 47.8 4.49 FIRST-CLASS (career: 1971 - 1993) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 507 796 63 36212 322 49.40 114 162 464 1 Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 23220 942 10070 223 45.15 5-88 1 0 104.1 2.60 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (career: 1973/74 - 1993) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 500 466 61 16995 189* 41.96 26 109 239 0 Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 12214 8872 290 30.59 6-24 4 3 42.1 4.35 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Viv RichardsArticles about Viv Richards
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Profile:Few people who watched Vivian Richards in his prime would dispute that he was the most awesome batsman of his generation. Simply to see "Smokin' Joe" emerge from the pavilion, with swaggering gait on his approach to the crease, was enough to set spectators tingling with anticipation, and strike fear into the heart of the waiting bowler. And the better the bowler, the bigger the occasion, the more determined Richards was to dominate. In an age of helmets he spurned them throughout, consistently sporting the traditional maroon cap. Hawk-eyed, with feline reflexes and a powerfully athletic build, he played shots of which others could merely dream. Full-length deliveries outside the off stump were flicked to (or over) the midwicket boundary with outrageous ease, and retaliation tended to be fruitless - if the bowler switched his line he would doubtless watch Richards step outside his leg stump to send the ball searing to the extra-cover boundary.Richards ended his career with a Test average of just over 50 - and a top score of 291 made against England at The Oval in 1976. But his batting achievements shouldn't obscure the fact that he was also a brilliant cover point fielder. In the first World Cup Final at Lord's in 1975, he spectacularly ran out three Australians - Alan Turner and both Ian and Greg Chappell. Latterly he fielded in the slips, where precious few chances escaped him. He also bowled occasional medium pace and off-breaks. Richards had the good fortune to inherit a world-beating West Indies team from his predecessor as captain, Clive Lloyd, in the mid-eighties. It was the age of the pace battering ram - the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh were a dream hand for a fielding captain to play. The batting strength too was enviable, headed by the Barbadian duo of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes. As well as playing for the Leeward Islands, Richards made a crucial contribution to Somerset's one-day success of the late 70s and early 80s in England, again almost invariably making big scores when they were most needed. He left Taunton (in acrimonious circumstances, along with Joel Garner and Ian Botham) in 1986, but returned to county cricket near the end of his career to enjoy a fruitful association with Glamorgan. Richards has received an honorary knighthood for his services to cricket, and was named in Wisden 2000 (along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne) as one of the Five Cricketers of the Century. (Stephen Lamb, Copyright CricInfo 2001)
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